[Elecraft] K3 SSB complaints I am getting

[Gary Smith]

@ Kent,
> No more than 5 bars of ALC, nor 3 bars of CMP. 

That's about where I set it from around page 5 in the manual. I 
doesn't show up very well with the change in voice as I talk but I've 
tried to keep it to the left of the first large markers on the CMP & 
ALC graphs

@ Matt,

Yes, I need to find someone to help me that way. Don't know who they 
are yet, don't get on SSB enough to know a lot of the people 
close-by.

What do you mean the fixed gain set to RP.H?

And thanks for the replies, I'll get this right sooner than later!

Gary
KA1J

> One idea is to find someone within easy contact distance that has
> a
> scope or panadapter, and ask him/her to snapshot your spectrum. 
> If
> the Tx is flat-topping, it would show in the spectrum.
> 
> Generally, I run the MIC GAIN at 12-15 here, with the fixed gain
> set
> to RP.H.  This is with a Heil Goldline using the narrow element
> most
> of the time.
> 
> 73,
> matt W6NIA
> 
> On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:15:06 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >I have a K3 and my antennae are 350 feet from the QTH. I run 99.9%
> CW 
> >and rarely ever get on SSB, about the only time I do so is to join
> in 
> >with a nice net on 160M & that makes it twice so far this year that
> >I've been on SSB. Both times I have been told my audio is broken up
> >and the latest description is "It sounds like its flat-topping".
> When 
> >I listen in the monitor I sound as good as I'd expect when
> listening 
> >to my own voice; doesn't sound like me but its not obviously 
> >distorted to me either.
> >
> >Mic gain is set at 30, compression 7. I've tried other settings
> like 
> >zero compression and running the mic gain so low my LP-100A
> wattmeter 
> >showed 200W out on peaks from an Alpha amp. I have no complaints
> from 
> >my CW signal. 
> >
> >I'd like to have a scope or monitor to view my signal but I don't
> so 
> >I need to uncover this curiosity without nice spectrum gear to help
> >me.
> >
> >Idears?
> >
> >73,
> >
> >Gary
> >KA1J
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